All the headlines from our Homeowners Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 14 2013 // Tennessee officials are urging residents of manufactured homes – also known as mobile homes or trailers – to practice fire safety.More than 250,000 of these homes exist in Tennessee, according to Tennessee State Fire...
Jan 14 2013 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced last month that major banks and mortgage servicers have been instructed to take action to expedite insurance payments to New York homeowners in the wake of Sandy.Currently, insurance...
Jan 8 2013 // More often than not, a second wave of claims against insurance agents by their clients follows a natural disaster.As parties find themselves without the coverage they expected after a catastrophe, it appears to be a...
Jan 4 2013 // Advocates of ignition interlock devices to combat drunken driving want to expand the requirement so that convicted offenders have to install devices in their home to detect whether they’re using alcohol.The proposed...
Jan 3 2013 // Marco Tarafa was stunned to find that his homeowners’ policy is increasing by nearly $1,000 a year —all because inspectors couldn’t get into his attic, where there was no crawl space and about 24 inches of...
Dec 21 2012 // An industry group says Texas homeowners are paying the highest insurance premiums in the country.The report was released Tuesday by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. The Dallas Morning News reported the...
Dec 18 2012 // A New Orleans, La., resident has helped police catch two men suspected of using a tow truck to steal cars from homes. Dawn Dedeaux tells WWL-TV that she caught two men trying to steal her van from a house near the Fair...
Dec 18 2012 // Saturday was an emotional, yet joyful day for Danielle Guthrie, when Habitat for Humanity handed her the keys to her new house in Henryville.“When they called to approve me, I was surprised. It was amazing,”...
Dec 14 2012 // North Dakota’s largest city is planning to offer buyouts to residents of 56 homes next year as part of a plan to protect them from Red River flooding.Fargo officials say the buyouts will likely cost about $24...
Dec 13 2012 // New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that major banks and mortgage servicers will take action to expedite insurance payments to New York homeowners in the wake of Superstorm Sandy.Currently, insurance claim...
Dec 13 2012 // Former professional football players are teaming with New Orleans area builders to construct at least three new homes in the Lower 9th Ward – and they’re hoping to have it done in time for Super Bowl 2013.The...
Dec 11 2012 // More structures in Terrebonne Parish will get a boost above future storm surges with another wave of federal grants. The Courier reports about $3 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency money will be used to elevate...
Dec 7 2012 // Homeowners and automobile insurance rates are trending up, according to a new industry survey.The composite rate for insuring personal lines business in the United States increased to plus 4 percent for November 2012 as...
Dec 3 2012 // A Florida administrative law judge has ruled that some forms used by insurers to determine a homeowner’s windstorm premium credits are invalid because they don’t take into account measures taken to protect...
Dec 3 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Munich Reinsurance Company and its subsidiaries. Best also affirmed all...
Nov 29 2012 // Kingsway Financial Services Inc. announced it has completed the formation Maison Insurance Co. (Maison), a property/casualty insurance company primarily writing wind and hail homeowners coverage in Louisiana. Maison...
Nov 29 2012 // Moss Point officials hope a city judge will set a court date in December to determine if 47 properties must comply with rules to elevate homes in flood plains.Andrew R. Beamon, who became director of the city’s...
Nov 27 2012 // North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin and insurance companies have come to an agreement that allows for a statewide average increase of 13.2 percent for dwelling fire and extended coverage policies, spread...
Nov 27 2012 // Colorado now ranks among the top 10 for the highest share of homeowners insurance claims paid out due to catastrophes. The Insurance Research Council says catastrophes triggered only 26 percent of the claims made on...
Nov 20 2012 // Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jim Donelon announced that Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (Citizens) has completed a sixth round of depopulation with 6,877 residential (personal lines) policies being...